Saxman Totem Park
Saxman Totem Park is a public park in the city of Saxman, Alaska, just south of Ketchikan in southeastern Alaska. The park is home to a collection of totem poles, some of which are old poles relocated to this place from unoccupied Tlingit villages in the region, or were reconstructed by skilled Tlingit carvers under the auspices of the Civilian Conservation Corps in the 1930s.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Deer Mountains and Stedman–Thomas Historic District.
Deer Mountains
Peak
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Deer Mountain is a 3,001.97 feet mountain peak located in the Tongass National Forest in the Ketchikan Gateway Borough, Alaska, which dominates the skyline behind downtown Ketchikan. Deer Mountains is situated 1½ miles north of Saxman Totem Park.
Stedman–Thomas Historic District
Historic site
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The Stedman–Thomas Historic District encompasses what was historically the southern portion of Ketchikan, Alaska. It extends along Stedman and Thomas Streets, from Ketchikan Creek in the north to East Street in the south, and includes a few properties on adjacent spur side streets. Stedman–Thomas Historic District is situated 2 miles northwest of Saxman Totem Park.
Ketchikan Federal Building
Government office
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The Ketchikan Federal Building is a courthouse of the United States District Court for the District of Alaska, located at 648 Mission Street in Ketchikan, Alaska. Ketchikan Federal Building is situated 2½ miles northwest of Saxman Totem Park.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Saxman and Ketchikan.
Saxman
Village
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Saxman is a town on Revillagigedo Island in Ketchikan Gateway Borough in southeastern Alaska, United States. At the 2010 census the population was 411, down from 431 in 2000. The city of Ketchikan lies just to its northwest.
Ketchikan
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Ketchikan is a scenic town of approximately 14,000 people along the Tongass Narrows, at the foot of Deer Mountain, on Revillagigedo Island in Southeast Alaska. It is the southernmost and fourth largest city in Alaska.
Saxman Totem Park
- Type: Tourist attraction
- Address: 2706 South Tongass Highway, Saxman, 99901
- Categories: historic district and tourism
- Location: Ketchikan Gateway, Alaska, United States, North America
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Latitude
55.31897° or 55° 19′ 8″ northLongitude
-131.59814° or 131° 35′ 53″ westElevation
92 feet (28 metres)Open location code
947C8C92+HPOpenStreetMap ID
node 4796211023OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attraction
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From German to Italian—“Saxman Totem Park” goes by many names.
- German: “Saxman Totem Park”
- Italian: “parco dei Totem di Saxman”
- Italian: “Parco dei totem di Saxman”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Historic Totem and Saxman Totem Park.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Saxman Totem Park”. Photo: Jerzystrzelecki, CC BY 3.0.